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Re:Is There Anything Good About Men? by akgerber on Thursday August 26, 2010 @03:36AM (#1635338)
Isn't one of the main motivators for polygamy to provide a means of support for the excess women in a patriarchal society in which many men have been killed?

See, say, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levirate_marriage

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Re:Is There Anything Good About Men? by eru on Thursday August 26, 2010 @06:35AM (#1635562)
Or the other way round?

Anyway, reproductive success (or just the chances of getting a wive) are even more skewed in polygamous societies, than in monogamous ones. It's an alpha-males paradies, and a loser's hell.

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